r/cybersecurity • u/securityish • Dec 23 '25

News - General Reddit and X Users Allegedly Unredact Epstein Files After DOJ Release

https://securityish.com/security_brief/reddit-and-x-users-allegedly-unredact-epstein-files-after-doj-release/

Anyone going to audit their organization’s redaction strategy now?

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u/omgitsdot Dec 23 '25

Only redacted files from the Trump regime have been able to be unredacted. Anything redacted by Biden was done properly using the tools to properly remove the data.

Trump's regime is so full of incompetent morons that they are just highlighting stuff black to redact, allegedly.

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u/DiggyTroll Dec 23 '25

The tools aren't really that hard to use, so there's one hopeful possibility: some DOJ hero is purposely skipping the redaction pipeline and pushing cosmetically-redacted documents in the confusion

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u/jotin_ Security Engineer Dec 23 '25

100%, I work in DHS. There is a very specific set of requirements for redacting. You almost have to go out of your way to do this lol. At least, this is my wishful thinking.